11:35 PM,
Oct. 14, 2013

Paul Williams, 16, lets go of a drive during a round of disc golf at Sharp Springs Park in Smyrna last week.

Written by

Corby Yarbrough
DNJ Correspondent

A family picnic at the park led Paul Williams back to a sport he had played as a 16-year-old, and it also led the Rutherford County resident to introduce that sport to his four boys.

"I saw some people throwing disc and I was like, 'what is going on?' We saw a basket. We had some cheap Frisbees. We went out and played and then got into it and bought more and more (discs)," Williams said of seeing disc golf at Barfield Crescent Park in Murfreesboro.

"I had actually gotten out of it for a while and then I discovered it again when they were younger. It was something we could all get out and do and we enjoy." ...